Race may cloud eyewitness IDs

N.C. leads way in altering procedures Cannino identified as her rapist a man later cleared. Other cases in which suspects were convicted after being identified by victims and later freed by DNA testing: DWAYNE DAIL: Dail was freed from prison last August after serving 18 years for a rape he didn't commit. A 12-year-old Goldsboro, N.C., girl said he was the man who raped her, and a jury believed her. Dail languished behind bars for half his life until DNA evidence proved that another man committed the crime. To read more about the Dail case and see a multi-media presentation, go to newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/dail. MARVIN ANDERSON: Convicted of rape and other crimes in 1982 and sentenced to 210 years in prison in Virginia. Victim was shown color photo of Anderson and black-and-white shots of other people. She identified... [read full story]